No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead with eight others sustaining varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a truck at Lufwape, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Sunday.
Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Umar said that the accident, which occurred at 3:40 pm, was as a result of over-speeding and dangerous driving.
He explained that 20 people were involved in the accident, comprising 12 male and eight female passengers, saying that eight men and six women sustained injuries while two male and two female passengers died in the accident.
“The truck driver drove dangerously, forcing the Mazda bus driver to lose control and crash on the highway. Unfortunately, the truck driver escaped,” he said.
He added that the injured victims were taken to Idera Hospital, Sagamu for treatment while the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the hospital mortuary.
The sector commander, who commiserated with the family of the accident victims, enjoined them to contact FRSC Mowe division for more information on the crash.
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